Shloka 26

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

तां सुमध्यां पृथुश्रोणी प्रतिमां काउचनीमिव । प्राप्तेयं देवकन्येति दृष्टवा सम्मेनिरे जना:,उसके शरीरका कटिभाग परम सुन्दर तथा नितम्बदेश पृथुल था। वह सुवर्णकी बनी हुई प्रतिमा-सी जान पड़ती थी। उसे देखकर सब लोग यही मानते थे कि यह कोई देवकन्या आ गयी है

Transliteration

tāṃ sumadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇīṃ pratimāṃ kāñcanīm iva | prāpteyaṃ devakanyeti dṛṣṭvā sammenire janāḥ ||

Translation

Markandeya said: Seeing her—slender-waisted and broad-hipped, like a golden statue—people concluded, ‘Surely a celestial maiden has arrived.’

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (woman)

सुमध्याम्slender-waisted

पृथुश्रोणीम्broad-hipped

प्रतिमाम्a statue/image

काञ्चनीम्golden (made of gold)

इवlike/as if

प्राप्ताhas arrived/come

इयम्this (woman)

देवकन्याa divine maiden

इतिthus (quotative)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सम्मेनिरेthey thought/considered

जनाःpeople

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

द

देवकन्या (devakanyā)

क

काञ्चनी प्रतिमा (golden statue/image)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes